Comparison

Algora vs AlgoScope

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Algora

Features
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Stop Reading. Start Seeing. Algorithms finally click when you watch the data move. Algora turns 11 core computer-science algorithms into interactive, step-by-step animations you control β€” and explains the reasoning behind every important step. EVERY ALGORITHM, FIVE WAYS - LEARN β€” a plain-English breakdown, an everyday analogy, and its speed/memory character. - VISUALIZE β€” play, pause, step forward and back at 0.5Γ—, 1Γ—, or 2Γ—, with the β€œwhy” behind key moves. - PLAYGROUND β€” feed in your own data (or a preset that exposes a worst case) and run it. - QUIZ β€” lock in what you learned with next-step and complexity questions. - PATTERN β€” the core strategy, its strengths, and its constraints on one card. WHAT’S INSIDE - Sorting: Bubble, Selection, Insertion, Merge, Quick - Searching: Linear, Binary - Trees & Graphs: Breadth-First Search, Depth-First Search - Interview Patterns: Two Pointers, Sliding Window BUILT FOR - CS students who want intuition, not just pseudocode - Bootcamp learners filling the fundamentals gap - Anyone prepping for technical interviews who’s tired of re-reading the same explanations WHY IT WORKS Reading about Quick Sort tells you what a pivot is. Watching the pivot get placed β€” step by step, at your speed, with the reasoning on screen β€” is how it sticks. Every number in every animation reflects the real algorithm state. Nothing is faked. FREE TO START Bubble Sort, Binary Search, and BFS are free forever, plus a preview of every locked algorithm’s quiz. Unlock the full library with Algora Pro: $4.99/month, $29.99/year (save 50%), or $49.99 lifetime β€” one-time payment, yours forever. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://sanemucan.github.io/legal-pages/algora-terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sanemucan.github.io/legal-pages/algora-privacy.html Progress stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no analytics.

About

AlgoScope

Features
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AlgoScope is a visual lab for data structures and algorithms. Pick a lesson, press play, and watch the algorithm run one step at a time, then predict what happens next before it does. Every lesson is a simulation you control: play, pause, step forward and back, scrub the timeline, change the speed, and enter your own input to see how the algorithm handles it. Each step has a one-line explanation of what just happened and why. See it run Watch binary search narrow the range, merge sort split and merge, and a binary search tree change shape as you insert and delete keys. Every value, pointer and comparison is on screen. Interact Type your own array, choose your own target, insert your own keys. The animation is generated from your input, not played from a recording. Predict At key moments the lesson stops and asks what happens next. Answer, then watch. This is what turns watching into understanding. Understand Short explanations sit on the exact step that raised the question. There are no chapters to read first. What is inside Every topic is interactive, from the first array to network flow. Data structures: arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, binary search trees, AVL and red-black trees, heaps, tries, segment trees, Fenwick trees, disjoint sets. Sorting and searching: every classic sort from bubble to radix, binary search and its variants, order statistics. Graphs: BFS and DFS, Dijkstra, Bellman-Ford, Floyd-Warshall, Prim, Kruskal, topological sort, strongly connected components, bridges, max flow. Techniques: dynamic programming, greedy, divide and conquer, backtracking, recursion, sliding window, two pointers, bit manipulation, string algorithms, number theory, computational geometry. AlgoScope Pro Every lesson is free. Pro is one optional purchase in the app, and it adds three things: - Review queue: every predict-mode question you got wrong comes back until you get it right. - Readiness: a score for every topic, from your answers, weakest first. - Timed drills: the same lessons against a clock. Pro belongs to your account, so it follows you to your other devices and the website. Restore purchases is on the AlgoScope Pro screen in Settings. Made for studying - Every lesson works offline, because the lessons are on your device. - Every lesson works without an account, and there are no ads. - An optional free account, with Apple, Google or email, keeps your progress in step across your iPhone, iPad and the website. - iPhone and iPad layouts. - Dark theme, reduced motion, screen-reader labels on every element, and colours chosen to stay readable with colour-blindness. - Deterministic: the same input always produces the same steps, so a lesson can be repeated exactly. Who it is for Computer science students meeting data structures for the first time. Anyone preparing for a placement, an exam or a coding interview who wants to understand the algorithm rather than memorise the answer. Teachers who want a visualization that responds to the class's own examples. Privacy Without an account, nothing about you is sent to us. If the app crashes, a crash report goes to Google so it can be fixed: what failed, the device model and the app version. Usage sharing is off unless you turn it on in Settings. With an account, your progress, predict-mode answers and Pro purchase are saved to it so they follow you, and you can delete the account in Settings at any time. No ads, no advertising ID, no tracking. The full policy is linked on this page. If a lesson could be clearer, tell us through the support link.

Screenshots

Algora4 screens
AlgoScope4 screens

Verdict

The call

Algora and AlgoScope are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Algora sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and AlgoScope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Algora versus AlgoScope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlgoraAlgoScope
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSanem UcanNub Labs Private Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Algora

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

AlgoScope

One-time1
  • AlgoScope Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Algora free?
Algora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AlgoScope free?
AlgoScope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Algora or AlgoScope have ads?
Neither Algora nor AlgoScope shows ads.

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